Hamlet Hero Quotes

Furthermore, the epic of Beowulf is an additional great example of hero in literature, providing a hero who stands at the face of danger and his/her enemy with bravery and courage, and also various antagonists who act as boosts to the already increasing intensity of what will be the hero's next move. Beowulf is what is expected of a hero, the key to the success of the epic in fact. In a quote found in Beowulf that states, “So times were pleasant for people there until finally one, a fiend out of hell, began to work his evil in the world” (Beowulf). This quote provides an example of how a hero must face danger or a situation in which he/she must show bravery, this provides the key to being a hero. A hero would be no such hero without proving to his/her audience why they should be considered a hero, a statement
Hamlet does not bring forth the hero as a person of humble beginnings with multiple encounters with ferocious beasts and/or opponents, but sets the hero to face his own uncle. Hamlet is set to take vengeance for his once thought to be just deceased father, to murdered father. The vengeance is to be taken against the uncle of Hamlet, who murdered the father of Hamlet then following to steal the throne of his own brother and marrying the widow of his murdered brother. Hamlet discovers this through the ghost of his deceased father and is to take vengeance. Hamlet provides the additional example as to how hero in literature can portray the hero through numerous different styles, from cliche stories like a hero flying around taking down low life criminals to a medieval hero who battles multiple beasts and great opponents, to even stories which provide a hero who goes through different situations in order to succeed in a quest to find a treasure or in the case of Hamlet, to avenge one's father in order to regain the dignity of one's own